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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

KFXM April 1970

The first year of the 1970s. What was KFXM and K/MEN playing that year?The djsDoug CollinsCharlie WaltersJonny BruceDon McCoyBob B. BlueGary EvansPghil Knight(not pictured)The Beatles have just broken up. Each of the djs have voiced their opinions on the event.Gary Evans was right. Just took about 25 years.Here is the KFXM survey April 17, 1970.

This was the last year for me in high school, so music was always on at home and in the car.

#1 Brown Paper Bag-Syndicate Of Sound (on Buddha Records). If you didn't listen to KFXM, you probably never heard this song. Being #1 is a mystery to me. Nationally it only got up to #73. The Syndicate of Sound was better known for Little Girl from 1966

Another unusual one is Angel On My Shoulder-Merilee Rush at #13. Better known for Angel Of The Morning

Favorite Future Hit: Get Rady-Rare Earth The single was short (and I bought it new), but the album version took up one side, over 20 minutes.

This and Let It Be-Beatles were the only singles off this survey I remember buying new.

I was starting to buy albums in 1970, and I bought the albums The Guess Who-American Woman, Let It Be-Beatles, Shilo-Neil Diamond, Bridge Over Troubled Waters-Simon & Garfunkel, Deju Vu-Crosvy, Stills & Nash, Cosmo's Factory-Creedence Clearwater Revival. They all had songs from this survey, plus a few other hit singles.

About Me

Until the year 1966 my main interests were reading and collecting comic books (Superman in particular)Then I started listening to the radio here in San Bernardino. I listened to KFXM and KMEN and a new hobby started. Not just listening to the radio, but getting involved by wondering what new song was coming out, talking to the DJs, winning contests and of course collecting records and just loving the music I heard on the radio along with the radio station and DJ's. This became a big interest in my life. Now 40 years later, it's not much different.